Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday moved a designated CBI court, seeking prosecution of former communications minister A Raja in the 2G scam case, in which he wants to be appointed as the prosecutor.
Filing a private complaint in the court of Special Judge Pradeep Chaddah, Swamy made a three-fold prayer, which included that his complaint be taken cognisance of and Raja be summoned.
After hearing Swamy, who made the arguments for 30 minutes himself, the Court reserved till January 7 its order on whether Swamy’s private complaint was maintainable.
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